Hanzo
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Hanzo is a skilled archer and assassin hero in the game Overwatch, known for his precision, mobility, and powerful bow-based abilities.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hanzo canonical | 10 |
| Hanzo Shimada | 8 |
| Heroes of the Storm hero Hanzo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2495997 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hanzo Context triple: [Overwatch, notableCharacter, Hanzo]
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A.
Yamanashi Hanzō
Yamanashi Hanzō was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Korea during the period of Japanese rule.
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B.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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C.
Hatsuzuki
Hatsuzuki was an Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki-class destroyer that saw action in World War II before being sunk during the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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D.
Masaharu
Masaharu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable figures in Japanese history and culture.
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E.
Haruku
Haruku is an island in Indonesia’s Maluku (Moluccas) archipelago, known for its tropical environment and as part of the habitat range of the Moluccan megapode (Eulipoa wallacei).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hanzo Target entity description: Hanzo is a skilled archer and assassin hero in the game Overwatch, known for his precision, mobility, and powerful bow-based abilities.
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A.
Yamanashi Hanzō
Yamanashi Hanzō was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Korea during the period of Japanese rule.
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B.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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C.
Hatsuzuki
Hatsuzuki was an Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki-class destroyer that saw action in World War II before being sunk during the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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D.
Masaharu
Masaharu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable figures in Japanese history and culture.
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E.
Haruku
Haruku is an island in Indonesia’s Maluku (Moluccas) archipelago, known for its tropical environment and as part of the habitat range of the Moluccan megapode (Eulipoa wallacei).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Overwatch hero
ⓘ
damage hero ⓘ fictional archer ⓘ video game character ⓘ |
| ability |
Lunge
ⓘ
Sonic Arrow ⓘ Storm Arrows ⓘ Wall Climb ⓘ |
| affiliationInLore |
Shimada clan
ⓘ
linked to:
Shimada Clan
|
| appearsIn |
Overwatch
ⓘ
Overwatch 2 ⓘ |
| attackType | Projectile ⓘ |
| characterClass | Sniper ⓘ |
| createdBy | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| damagePotential | High burst damage ⓘ |
| damageType | Ranged ⓘ |
| designFocus |
High skill ceiling
ⓘ
Precision ⓘ |
| familyRelation | Brother of Genji ⓘ |
| franchise |
Overwatch franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Overwatch
|
| gameGenre | Hero shooter ⓘ |
| gameModeRole | DPS ⓘ |
| headshotCapability | Can deal critical damage with headshots ⓘ |
| loreTheme |
Honor
ⓘ
Redemption ⓘ |
| mobilityTrait | Can climb walls ⓘ |
| movementAbility | Lunge ⓘ |
| nationalityInLore | Japanese ⓘ |
| overwatchReleaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| platform |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Nintendo Switch ⓘ PlayStation 4 ⓘ Xbox One ⓘ |
| playableIn |
Nintendo Switch version of Overwatch
ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo Switch
PC version of Overwatch ⓘ PlayStation versions of Overwatch ⓘ Xbox versions of Overwatch ⓘ |
| primaryAttack | Bow and arrow ⓘ |
| projectileBehavior | Arrows have travel time and arc ⓘ |
| realName |
Hanzo Shimada
ⓘ
linked to:
Hanzo
|
| roleInGame | Damage ⓘ |
| ultimateAbility | Dragonstrike ⓘ |
| ultimateAbilityEffect | Summons twin spirit dragons that travel in a straight line ⓘ |
| universe |
Overwatch universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Overwatch: Anthology (comics)
|
| visionAbility | Sonic Arrow reveals enemies in an area ⓘ |
| voiceLanguage | Primarily Japanese with some English lines ⓘ |
| weapon | Storm Bow ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hanzo Description of subject: Hanzo is a skilled archer and assassin hero in the game Overwatch, known for his precision, mobility, and powerful bow-based abilities.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Overwatch: Anthology (comics)
subject linked to:
Isabelle in Predators
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